Dennis Perkins

It’s an unenviable prospect for any filmmaker to try to balance the comedy and drama of the birth of 'Saturday Night Live.'

Get ready to be bullied by Biff, Moody, Ace and other '80s big-screen villains.

The Not Ready for Late Night Players.

From accidental expletives to regrettable lapses in comedy judgment to manufactured ire.

Riding high on 'SNL' success, comedian's album rocketed to No. 2 on the chart.

'One for the Road' brought beloved series to an end in 1993.

Misbegotten 'The New Blood' continued franchise's slide.

Show's most recurring character made his first appearance In the final minutes of a Season 3 episode.

It was a beaming, lightly satirical, but mostly silly put-on of a novelty song.

Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi fashioned characters two years earlier, but 1978 episode featured them in full glory.